This resource includes the annotated text of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous " I’ve Been to the Mountaintop" speech given to an audience of sanitation workers in Memphis, TN before he was assassinated. Using the comment feature in Microsoft Word, this resource includes critical commentary and a

This resource includes the annotated texts and marginal notes for the First Inaugural Address by President Barack Obama on January 20, 2009, and the Second Inaugural Address by President Barack Obama on January 21, 2013. The included zipped folder also includes copies of the speeches without annota

This resource includes the Common Core annotated text and marginal notes for President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union Address delivered on January 20, 2015. This resource includes 103 marginal notes aligned to Common Core standards and elements. Reading and annotating informational texts is

This literature unit on the Romantic era is the third in a series of the American Literary movements which includes: The Puritan Era, The Age of Reason, The Romantic Era, Transcendentalism, Realism, Harlem Renaissance, Modernism and Post Modernism. Following the the Age of Reason, which instituted a

This resource includes the Common Core annotated text and marginal notes for President Barack Obama’s Farewell Address delivered in Chicago, IL on January 10, 2017. This resource includes 110 marginal notes aligned to Common Core standards and elements. Reading and annotating informational texts is

This resource includes the annotated text and marginal notes for the September 11, 2001 speech given by President George W. Bush after coordinate attacks hit the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and abandon field in Pennsylvania. The included zipped folder also includes a copy of the speech without ann

This literature unit on the Transcendental era is the fourth in a series of the American Literary movements which includes: The Puritan Era, The Age of Reason, The Romantic Era, Transcendentalism, Realism, Harlem Renaissance, Modernism and Post Modernism. Following the Age of Reason and Romantic Er

This literature unit on the Post-Modern era is the eighth and final unit in the American Literary movement series which includes: The Puritan Era, The Age of Reason, The Romantic Era, Transcendentalism, Realism, Harlem Renaissance, Modernism and Post Modernism. Following modernism, the post-modern

This resource includes the Common Core annotated text and marginal notes for President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union Speech delivered on January 12, 2016. This resource includes 100 marginal notes aligned to Common Core standards and elements. Reading and annotating informational texts is

This resource includes the annotated text and marginal notes for the 2018 speech given by President Donald J. Trump after the Parkland, Florida school shooting. The included zipped folder also includes a copy of the speech without annotations and marginal notes so that you can reproduce it for stude

This resource includes the annotated text and marginal notes for Patrick Henry’s famous Speech in the Virginia Convention also known as his “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” speech. Reading and annotating informational texts is a critical component of the Common Core State Standards, and analyzing

This resource includes the annotated text and marginal notes for President Richard Nixon’s “Peace with Honor” broadcast that signaled the end of the Vietnam War. The rhetorical analysis includes 20 marginal comments with Common Core State Standards alignment. Reading and annotating informational te

This literature unit on Realism is the fifth in the series from the American Literary movement, which includes: The Puritan Era, The Age of Reason, The Romantic Era, Transcendentalism, Realism, Harlem Renaissance, Modernism and Post Modernism. As a reaction against Romanticism and Transcendentalism

This literature unit on the Harlem Renaissance is the sixth in the American Literary movement series which includes: The Puritan Era, The Age of Reason, The Romantic Era, Transcendentalism, Realism, Harlem Renaissance, Modernism and Post Modernism. Between 1915 and 1970 over six million African Amer

This literature unit on the Modern era is the seventh in the American Literary movement series which includes: The Puritan Era, The Age of Reason, The Romantic Era, Transcendentalism, Realism, Harlem Renaissance, Modernism and Post Modernism. The aftermath of World Wars I and II produced a psycholog

This resource includes the Common Core annotated text and marginal notes for President Barack Obama’s Speech at the Memorial for 5 slain Dallas police officers delivered in Dallas, TX on July 12, 2016. This resource includes 85 marginal notes aligned to Common Core standards and elements. Reading an

Common Core-aligned, student-friendly resources help you teach the historical background for early American literature. Pairs with Holt's Elements of Literature, Fifth Course, 2007 edition. Ten docs include vocabulary slideshow that can be printed as flashcards, crossword, cloze notes for reading, r

This resource includes the annotated text and marginal notes for the First Inaugural Address by President Donald J. Trump on January 20, 2017. The included zipped folder also includes a copy of the speech without annotations and marginal notes so that you can reproduce it for students so that they c

This resource includes the annotated text and marginal notes for the State of the Union Address by President Donald J. Trump on January 30, 2018. The included zipped folder also includes a copy of the speech without annotations and marginal notes so that you can reproduce it for students so that the

This resource includes the annotated text and marginal notes for the 2017 speech given by President Donald J. Trump after the mass shooting of concertgoers in Las Vegas, Nevada. The included zipped folder also includes a copy of the speech without annotations and marginal notes so that you can repro

This graphic organizer will help students with close reading of texts. Used consistently, students will learn to read critically for author's message, tone, and rhetorical characteristics. The chart assists students with finding essential elements in any text. This chart is designed to give student